The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)
has insisted that the new minimum wage must come into effect in July this year.
NLC president, Ayuba Wabba, told
The Guardian that they would reject any date that is beyond July.
Wabba stated that arrangements
have been finalised to sign the agreement in Kigali, Rwanda on March 21, this
year.
“Going by all the data submitted
so far to the negotiation committee, we believe that a new wage is possible in
July.
“Labour will reject any date that
is beyond July and we have made that known to the government,” he said.
Wabba also accused the Minister
of Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, of seeking to sign the Africa
Continental Free Trade Agreement, without consulting labour, manufacturers and
the National Assembly.
“Admittedly a free trade
agreement is not a customs union in the sense that Member States abolish only
tariffs between them, while maintaining their own tariffs on third world
countries, but this would already be impossible.
“Far from promoting regional integration
of the continent, it will disintegrate it strongly in opening wide the doors to
multinationals already well implemented in most African countries and which
would concentrate their activities in the most competitive countries from which
they would export to the others,” he said.
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